Trunk.



UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SONE A. HESSLER, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

TRUNK.

Application filed November 21, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SONE A. HEssLER, a subject of the King of Sweden, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trunks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to trunks, and my object is to produce a trunk of such construction that access can be had to any point of its interior without necessitating the removal of the tray by lifting it therefrom.

A further object is to produce a trunk having a sectional front wall and a sectional tray, with one section of the latter so arranged and supported that it may be swung forwardly out of the body of the trunk and thus give convenient access to any article within the latter.

With these objects in view and others as hereinafter appear, the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and organization as hereinafter described and claimed; and in order that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1, is a perspective view of a trunk embodying my invention, and lid and top section of the front wall being shown in opened positions. Fig. 2, is a top plan view of the trunk with certain parts omitted and others in opened positions. Fig. 3, is a vertical section on the line IIIIII of. Fig. 1, with the lid closed. Fig. 41, is a vertical section on the line IV-IV of Fig. 1, with the lid closed. Fig. 5, is an enlarged horizontal section on the line VV of Fig. l, with the upper section of the front wall in closed position. Fig. 6, is a sectional perspective view showing one of the upper rear corner; of the body and the corresponding corner of the lid when opened and also showing a grooved block to which the wardrobe of the trunk is detachably hinged when in position. Fig. 7, is a perspective view of one of the hinged corners or ends of the wardrobe.

In the said drawing, 1 indicates the body of thetrunk, and 2 thehinged lid thereof, 3 indicating the customary break-joint brace connecting the body and lid. The front wall of the body is composed of a lower rigid section 4 and an upper section 5 hinged as at 6 to the lower section and adapted to fit between the end walls 7 and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

Serial No. 594,240.

secured to the member 5 is a cleat 8, for a purpose which hereinafter appears. In the same horizontal plane as cleat 8 is a pair of cleats 9 and 10, secured to one end Wall and the back wall, respectively.

11 is a partition hinged at 12, to the bottom of the body and projecting to a plane above that of cleat 10, and adapted when vertical to bear against one end of said cleat, and 13 is a cleat secured to said partition in the plane of cleats 9 and 10.

1 1 is a longitudinally extending cleat secured to the bottom and extending from partition 11 to the opposite end wall 7, from that equipped with cleat 9, and secured to said end wall is a pair of vertical cleats 15 and 16, between which a partition -17 is adapted to stand, said partition fitting between cleat 14 and the inner end of partition 11. 18 is a hook carried by partition 17 and 19 an eye secured to partition 11 for engagement by the hook to secure the partitions together at their upper corners. These movable partitions 11 and 17 divide the lower portion of the body of the trunk into small chamber 20 and a large chamber 21.

The tray proper of the trunk consists of two members, one member, 22, fitting upon cleats 9, 10 and 13, and also upon cleat 8 when section 5 of the wall is closed, and a hinged member 23, member 23 being disposed forward of chamber 20 and at one end overlapping a part of member 22 and at the other end hinged at its outer corner to the adjacent end wall 7 near the front edge thereof, the arrangement being such that the member 23 holds member 22 against the other end wall and the back wall of the ,trunk and is supported when in closed position upon the cleat 8 and a horizontal cleat 2 1, paralleling cleat- 14 and secured to the front side of partition 17.

WVhen the section 5 of the front wall is swung downward to open position as in Figs. 1 and 2, the tray member 23 can be swung forwardly to give access to the inte rior of the trunk below the tray and to chamber 20, in fact by simply swinging said member as explained, access is had to any part of the body of the trunk without removing the tray member 22, and to guard against the accidental dislocation of said tray member when the hinged tray member occupies the positionshown in Fig. 2, a

turn button or equivalent device 25 is se-' cured to the back wall so that it may be turned to extend downward into said tray member 22 adjacent to the back wall thereof. When the button is turned a quarter revolution the tray member can be lifted out of the trunk.

The hinge connection between the trunk and member 23 preferably consists of a pair of eyes 26 and curved hooks 27 engaging the eyes, the corner of member 23 being cut away at 28 to accommodate said hooks and to accommodate eyes and hooks the wall of member 5 is provided with a pair of notches 29, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5.

When the trunk is closed the hinged section of the wall is secured reliably closed by the lid and has no appreciable inward movement because it bears against the members of the tray. Fitting snugly in the lid is the wardrobe 30, the same being in the form of a separate tray, the rear and front walls 31 and 32 of which curve upwardly and inwardly as shown in Fig. 4, and said wall 32 is preferably hinged at 33 to the bottom of the tray and connected to the rear wall by connecting straps 34 or equivalent devices, which straps serve not only to hold the wall 32 in the position shown in Fig. 4 but also tend to retain clothing, for instance, in the wardrobe and maintain it in presentable condition.

I claim:

1. A trunk, comprising a body, a tray comprising a member hingedly supported within the upper part of the body of the trunk and adapted to swing forwardly out Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Washington, I). 0.

of the same, and a second member partly overlapped by the free end of the hinged member when the latter is disposed within the trunk.

2. A trunk, comprising a body, and a tray supported in the upper part of the body and consisting of a member hinged at one of'its outer front corners to one of the end walls of the body and spaced forwardly from the back wall of the body and a second member fitting against the other end wall and the back wall of the trunk and against the free end of the hinged member and provided with an extension interposed between the back wall of the body and said hinged member.

3. In a trunk, a partition hinged at its lower end to the bottom of the trunk, provided with a horizontal cleat near its upper end, a partition arranged upon the bottom of the trunk and extending substantially parallel with and between the front and back walls and upon the bottom thereof, a pair of vertical cleats secured to one of the end walls and receiving between them one end of the last-named partition, a cleat secured to the bottom of the trunk at the front side of said last-named partition, and means for detachably securing the ends of said partitions together.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

SONE A. HESSLER.

WVitnesses:

HELEN C. RODGERS, G. Y. THORPE.

Commissioner of Patents. 

